Science

Putting off a burdensome task may seem like a universal trait, but new research suggests that people whose negative attitudes...

What Plant Migrations Tell Us about OurselvesNew insights into why animals play, how to hunt an asteroid, and more books...

A female robot is created to be the perfect girlfriend for her owner in Sierra Greer’s novel Annie BotAlamy Stock...

In this map, blue signifies higher amounts of annual stormwater runoff from urban areas, while red is lower. States with...

In a new study, scientists have discovered that viruses that infect microbes contribute to climate change by playing a key...

Ela Przybyło: All the language that is coming from the asexual and aromantic community gives people precision for thinking of...

Chatbots vary their answers depending on the exact wording used to prompt them, and now it seems that asking an...

Also, in a disaster, there are no good decisions, there are only least-worse decisions. Every decision will come with a...

There’s a lot of research about moving away from carbon as an energy source, but what if instead the carbon...

February 23, 20244 min readAn Evolutionary ‘Big Bang’ Explains Why Snakes Come in So Many Strange VarietiesSnakes saw a burst...

The melting of ice in Greenland could be worsening weather extremes across EuropeREDA &CO srl/Alamy The 10 hottest and driest...

In October, Melissa began an in vitro fertilization cycle. A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, her fertility journey to that point...

Female psychopaths are up to five times more common than previously thought, according to an expert who will present his...

Sara Little Turnbull was a force in the world of materials science and industrial design. It’s safe to say most...

A hingemouth extending its proboscis to feed at the bottom of a tankAllyson Evans A fish found only in West...

A combination of AI, a wild 1970s plan to build underwater cities, and a designer creating furniture on the seabed...